While I fear that we're drawn to what abandons us, and to what seems most likely to abandon us, in the end I believe we're defined by what embraces us.
Interpretation
This quote reflects on the paradox of human attraction to things that may let us down, while ultimately asserting that our true essence is shaped by what supports and nurtures us.
J. R. Moehringer's quote explores the complex nature of human relationships and desires, suggesting that while we often find ourselves attracted to people or things that may ultimately leave us, it is the connections and experiences that accept and embrace us that truly define who we are. This perspective invites reflection on the importance of building meaningful relationships and seeking out sources of support in our lives, rather than being drawn solely to what is fleeting or unreliable.
In practice
This quote can be used during a motivational talk about the importance of nurturing healthy relationships.
I am honorary President of the American Humanist Society, having succeeded the late, great science fiction writer Isaac Asimov in that utterly functionless capacity. We Humanists behave as well as we can, without any rewards or punishments in an Afterlife.
I think most people are interested in our origins; once we understand, it might be easier to become the people we'd like to be. Or, better, become the people we think we already are.
If you tell yourself a sad story, the body reacts to that. And if you tell yourself a self-aggrandizing story, the body feels puffed up, confident. But when you realize it’s all stories, there can be a vast waking up out of the mind, out of the dream. You don’t awaken, what has eternally been awake realizes itself. That which is eternally awake is what you are.
Religion is a system of wishful illusions together with a disavowal of reality, such as we find nowhere else but in a state of blissful hallucinatory confusion. Religion's eleventh commandment is "Thou shalt not question."
The glory of the gospel is this: The one from whom we need to be saved is the one who has saved us.
The immense popularity of American movies abroad demonstrates that Europe is the unfinished negative of which America is the proof
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